Windows makes it easy for you to open up these files by setting up default programs for each file type -- images files, for example, will open by default in the Windows 10 Photos app.

To set the default apps for your key software programs, click on the Start button > Settings > System > Default apps. The right pane of the Default apps screen lists some of your core Windows 10 ...

To set the default apps for your key software programs, click on the Start button > Settings > System > Default apps. The right pane of the Default apps screen lists some of your core Windows 10 ...

It takes only three easy steps to create a shortcut that opens multiple programs in Windows 11/10. Learn this and save a few seconds of your time.

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